[quote=@Zeroth]
Just to clarify, since this is more "Wuxia" and less "you thought Legendary Rank was the peak of cultivation? You've still got 13 Dimensional Realms and 72 Constellations to work through, boyo!" where do things like monsters, Demon/Spirit Beasts, or just general supernatural things like ghosts, necromancy, etc fall? Will we be sticking to mostly Street Fighter-esque applications of Qi, or is stuff like "Five Element Magic/Illusion Arrays/Summoning Arts/etc" present as well?
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So on monsters:

The focus on the story that I'm going for is people. I would say that while monsters do exist, they are generally just older creatures that can also cultivate (or, alternatively, just big versions of insects and stuff). I wouldn't really say that there won't ever be a more classical spiritual-type beast with human intelligence because I don't like putting restrictions on the future, but I would try to avoid it if I could.

Traditional demons and monsters from the underworld or divine figures from the heaven? Probably not. People who have turned into demons because they practice demonic martial arts and they bone and flesh metamorphosed into a monstrous form? That's a lot more in the wheelhouse of what I'm going for.

Ghosts yes, but I do hesitate for intelligent ghosts/spirits. More dying will and single thoughts, if anything. Jiangshi, yes. Even though they're dorky as hell sometimes, necromancy can fit in decently because we already have people manipulating their qi, what's a little manipulation after death.

Basically, I'm not going to hard restrict myself on anything, but the general premise is that this should be a story about the people of the martial world first and foremost.

On powers:

Illusion arrays are dope as hell as a concept and can fit in with just manipulating qi. Raw magic I would stay further away from? Yea, a lot of wuxia stuff is pretty much just magic, but most of it would fall under qi solidification which is pretty end-game (hey, I have that as the third to last rank!). Summoning, probably not since we don't have spirit beasts.

It's also pretty case by case, so if something dips a little hard into the supernatural, it's best to send a quick question.